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Kate Friedheim costume designs
- Title
- Kate Friedheim costume designs, ca. 1930-ca. 1936.
- Author
- Friedheim, Kate.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2010-052 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- 1 box (30 drawings) : col.; 62 x 50 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Original color costume designs for the following productions (some possibly opera): 2 designs for The barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini , n.d.; 2 designs for Boris Godunov, n.d.; 2 designs for The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare, 1935; 1 design for A doll's house by Henrik Ibsen, n.d.; 1 design for A glass of water by Eugene Scribe, n.d.; 1 design for Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1936; 1 design for Jacob's dream, n.d.; 5 designs for A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare, n.d.; 1 design for The plough and the stars by Sean O'Casey, 1930; and 11 designs for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, n.d.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Contents
- Folder 1. The barber of Seville -- Folder 2. The comedy of errors -- Folder 3. A doll's house -- Folder 4. A glass of water -- Folder 5. Hamlet -- Folder 6. Boris Godunov -- Folder 7. A midsummer night's dream -- Folder 8. The plough and the stars -- Folder 9. Unidentified -- Folder 10. Romeo and Juliet -- Folder 11. Jacob's dream.
- Call Number
- *T-Vim 2010-052
- OCLC
- 669055349
- Author
- Friedheim, Kate. Costume designer
- Title
- Kate Friedheim costume designs, ca. 1930-ca. 1936.
- Biography
- Costume designer Kate Friedheim was born in Hamburg, Germany, where she studied design at the Academy of Arts. She designed costumes for the opera in Osnabruck from 1929 to 1933, when she was dismissed by the Nazis. Friedheim came to the United States in 1940 and designed costumes for the New York City Opera from 1948 to 1952, as well as for the American Lyric Theatre in White Plains, N.Y., which presented operas in English. She died at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1952 at the age of 47.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Vim 2010-052